VP Systems Engineering – Data and Voice Connectivity Services

Location: Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

This is a challenging position within the Systems Engineering team of Infrastructure Services. Reporting up to Moody's Chief Information Officer, Infrastructure leads all aspects of the company's global engineering, service management, network, branch office delivery, end user services and delivery of hosting, environment management and production support services. We support over 200 bespoke applications operating from 5 key private cloud data centers along with public cloud facilities. Infrastructure has invested significantly in ITIL-based service management, best practice information security, software and hardware to enable Infrastructure-as-a-Service and Platform-as-a-Service cloud-based architectures. Moody's is moving towards Automation and Software Defined networks for voice, video and data to support our key initiatives that include increase the use of collaborative technologies and Cloud adoption.

The candidate must be very motivated and willing to take on challenges, learn new concepts and be willing to multi-task to succeed. This is a management role leading a team of Data Network and Voice engineers who are responsible for implementing WAN and LAN technologies for our ever expanding organization. This team is also responsible for deploying WAN optimization technologies to help use its precious bandwidth as efficiently as possible. The job requires a very good understanding of WAN and LAN technology . As a member of the Data and Voice Connectivity services team you will be responsible for setting standards for Hardware and Software configuration templates along with tracking their patching and lifecycles. This includes HW standards for routers, switches, QOS and WAN optimization. Besides selecting the appropriate standards, the team is responsible for designing the infrastructure, which include implementation and creation of SOPs in coordination with the operations teams. The team also has ongoing responsibility to oversee the operations teams to ensure that SOPs are followed, problems identified and resolved in a timely manner.

Responsibilities:

Lead a team of 5 engineers responsible for designing and implementing networks that support voice, video and data simultaneously

Review and approve SOW for professional services

Capacity planning and upgrades for network circuits and equipment.

Responsible for network equipment life cycle, version management, patch and vulnerability management.

Responsible for creating SOPs and reporting for operations teams and ensure adherence to the same.

Responsible for the evaluation and recommendation of HW/SW solutions for other IT teams / business groups.

Provide automation for configuration management and prevent configuration drift across all devices.

Keeping abreast of new technologies and developments in related area of responsibility

Recommend adoption of new technologies and work on testing and deployment plans with a focus to ease Cloud adoption, improved end user experience and automation.

Monitor various work queues to ensure team is meeting their SLA/SO commitments

Provide technical oversight to Operations team and managed service provider.

Drive automation and continuous service improvement within the team and across all Infrastructure functions.

With 300 employees primarily located in New York, London, and San Francisco along with over 1,100 onshore/nearshore/offshore outsource IT partners worldwide, Moody's Information Technology ("MIT") is the largest department of Moody's Shared Services. We provide end-to-end technology solutions for Moody's Investors Service and infrastructure for Moody's Analytics. The development and ongoing support of our Bond rating business along with content and enterprise risk solutions ensure the company's premier standing among financial services firms. MIT continuously seeks talented individuals to drive the execution of its technology roadmap, which offers exciting career opportunities in program management, business analysis, enterprise architecture, software development, quality assurance, IT risk management, vendor management, technology operations and service management.

Must be familiar with ITIL and ITSM support processes and terminology.

Education Qualification and Certification Requirements

Masters Degree in Engineering or Equivalent area of study

Industry certification in relevant area is a plus

Minimum 10 years' experience in IT industry in relevant area

Moody's is an essential component of the global capital markets, providing credit ratings, research, tools and analysis that contribute to transparent and integrated financial markets. Moody's Corporation (NYSE: MCO) is the parent company of Moody's Investors Service, which provides credit ratings and research covering debt instruments and securities, and Moody's Analytics, which offers leading-edge software, advisory services and research for credit and economic analysis and financial risk management. The Corporation, which reported revenue of $3.6 billion in 2016, employs approximately 10,700 people worldwide and maintains a presence in 36 countries. Further information is available at www.moodys.com.

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